. Agri-news. Agriculture. September 25, 1978 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEAD OF NEW OLDS CROP LABORATORY APPOINTED. Mr. J. B. Gurba, head of Alberta Agriculture's pest control branch, has announced the appointment of James R. Letal as head of the recently completed Plant Industry Division reg;onal crops laboratory in Olds. The laboratory, located in the Provincial Build- ing in Olds, is the last in a series of three regional labs built to increase efficiency and improve turnaround speed in handling sample submissions. Part of the decentralization program started by Alberta Agriculture in 1972, the
. Agri-news. Agriculture. September 25, 1978 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEAD OF NEW OLDS CROP LABORATORY APPOINTED. Mr. J. B. Gurba, head of Alberta Agriculture's pest control branch, has announced the appointment of James R. Letal as head of the recently completed Plant Industry Division reg;onal crops laboratory in Olds. The laboratory, located in the Provincial Build- ing in Olds, is the last in a series of three regional labs built to increase efficiency and improve turnaround speed in handling sample submissions. Part of the decentralization program started by Alberta Agriculture in 1972, the laboratory is intended to serve agricultural fieldmen, district agriculturists and local producers in an area bordered by Red Deer in the north and High River in the south. As laboratory head Mr. Letal will be responsible for the diagnosis of crop production problems, especially those caused by crop disease. As part of his new duties Mr. Letal will also be responsible for a course in plant pathology at Olds College. Mr. Letal, a native of Raymond, Alberta, received his education at the University of Alberta. He has been employed with Alberta Agriculture since 1970, first as a bacteriologist in Fairview for two years, then as a plant pathologist with the Plant Industry Laboratory in Edmonton. Since 1975 he has also been manager of the Alberta Seed Potato Program. He will continue to head that program in Olds. Mr. Letal is married, and he and his wife, Theresa, have three children. James R. Letal New Olds Laboratory Head Phone (403) 427-2127 - 30 - /dlbcrra AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [
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